First Trolley at Little Falls #24Inter-urban trolley lasted 30 years
The electric trolley started in Little Falls in 1903 with great fanfare, a convenient and, for awhile at least, popular way to travel between Little Falls and points west and south.
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Earl Roberts - First Car Manufactured At Little FallsCars still a relative novelty at time of ‘Sociability’ run
Automobiles were still a relative novelty in Little Falls in 1909 when the Smith brothers, proprietors of the Richmond Hotel (later called Hotel Snyder) concocted the idea of a “Sociability” automobile run from the city to Cooperstown and back.
Boy's Basketball Team 1901Little Falls was basketball pioneer
When basketball was new, Little Falls (along with Herkimer) was one of its pioneering communities and had some of its better teams.
Charlie Young: From Undefeated Football Team to Wrestler Revolt–And Beyond
Known as “Chub” by his family and close friends, Charlie taught and coached at LFHS for over two decades, and left an indelible mark.
The Pride of Little Falls by John Frazier
Every high school class has its outstanding students – the class valedictorian, the star athlete, the popular one, the most likely to succeed
1824 Bellinger Home, Little Falls, NY. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society.Little Falls Patriots Day Program this Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
Each year, the Little Falls Historical Society honors Patriots Day by hosting an event at a local historical site that played an important role in our colonial and Revolutionary War eras.
2024 PATRIOTS DAY EVENT AT 1824 BELLINGER HOME
The Little Falls Historical Society will co-host a Saturday, May 18, Patriots Day observance program beginning at 11 a.m.
Railway Express Agency employees Al Munger (on left - Al later became Little Falls fire chief) and Jimmy Fitzgerald (on right) pictured with cages of homing pigeons outside of the company office once housed in the Old Bank Building. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society.The Railway Express Agency and Pigeon Releasing
Sometimes all it takes is a picture to generate a Little Falls Historical Society writing series piece. Such is the case with this article.
The Entrance to Old St. Mary’s Cemetery | Archangel Gabriel with Trumpet in Alcove of MausoleumA Sailor at Heart | The Life Story of Charles P. Byron
The prelude to the life story of Charles P. Byron begins as one walks through the entrance of the Old St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The Great Bicycle Relay Race of 1892
Details of the Great Bicycle Race were published in The Saturday Globe. This article has been adapted and added to by Ann Eysaman Schuyler.
Mohawk Valley Farms
